Has anyone used the lime shaving cream ? I'm a big fan of anything citrus and was wondering if it ranks as high as the lavender variety.
Kiss my face Lime shaving cream
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I've used the lime, but haven't used any of the others, so I can't help you there. If it was all I had to use, I could be content using it for the rest of my days. Seems to work best for me bowl lathered. However, for me it's not as good as C.O. Bigelow (Proraso) or the The Body Shop Maca wood.
I do use the KMF Lime to make a 'super lather' with VDH soap. That is actually a quite pleasing combination that is still pretty inexpensive.
I do use the KMF Lime to make a 'super lather' with VDH soap. That is actually a quite pleasing combination that is still pretty inexpensive.
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I have used the KMF unscented, mint, vanilla earth, and peaches and cream varieties. The scents are rather flat, and one dimensional. Nothing to get excited about.
The cream lathers quite well (if you don't over water it). I have only ever bowl lathered it.
If it were all that were available, it's still 100's of miles ahead of canned goo, but like you said C.O. Bigelow/ Proraso is a way better product.
In the end, there are slews of other products I prefer over it (Tabac soap, TOBS creams, Vintage Williams, VDH Deluxe to name a few) so I will probably never buy it again after using up the two tubes that I have.
I like using the KMF lineup (lime in particular). They are marketed as a brushless cream but I find that making a lather in the bowl peaks the KMF performance.
The scent is very light. Lathers and performs great. Tons of glide, plenty of cushion. However, there is something about the KMF cream that is not like most of the other creams. It is less viscous than other popular creams, like Proraso and Musgo Real, running out of the small opening in the tube like a poor hand cream and coating the bottom of the scuttle, rather than remaining in a firm dollop. The smell is a little synthetic to me as well. You can smell the base of the cream as well as the lime fragrance. I will continue to use it as it performs well, but I seem to enjoy my other creams (AOS Lemon, Musgo Real, and Proraso) more.
EDIT: I, too, have only lathered in my scuttle. Maybe its intended use as a brushless cream accounts for its different viscosity...
EDIT: I, too, have only lathered in my scuttle. Maybe its intended use as a brushless cream accounts for its different viscosity...
I face lather with it and love it. Smells great, performs great, cheap, tough to beat.
Sometimes I will superlather it with mamabears lime ice soap. Very nice.
Sometimes I will superlather it with mamabears lime ice soap. Very nice.
FWIW, I use the unscented KMF as a pre-shave, applying it in the shower to a washed face and rinsing it off right before leaving the tub. It seems to me to improve the actual shave, as always YMMV.
The scent is weak, synthetic, and one-dimensional.
That said, it's a nice cream.
I bought some unscented and I find myself using it more often, usually as a component of a superlather.
If you want lime goodness in a cream, you should look elsewhere. Perhaps Trumper's or Truefitt and Hill.
That said, it's a nice cream.
I bought some unscented and I find myself using it more often, usually as a component of a superlather.
If you want lime goodness in a cream, you should look elsewhere. Perhaps Trumper's or Truefitt and Hill.
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Shaved with it today. love the stuff. I find it slick, but there are slicker ones out there (ToBS creams), good cushion. I've gotten no irritation from it or my technique. You can't be in a rush or you will get the rash. The scent pairs up nicely w/ ToBS Victorian Limes.
Paraben-free lavender KMF smells much nicer than the older formulation.
+1 on the KMF Lime with the Mama Bear Lime Ice.
I find KMF to be fine on its own though. I consistently get a good lather with little effort from both the Lime and the Mint varieties. The scent is light, but I don't think that is a bad thing.
Yep, I echo this also.
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